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...John F. Hylan was Mayor of New York until 1926. At present he is on a vacation in Florida. After a time he plans to resume the practice of law. Meanwhile the New York Evening Graphic, Macfadden sheetlet, is publishing some of his memoirs. In an installment last week he described the visit of King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians to Manhattan...
impressive sights in the world, some jealous person falsely circulated that Mrs. Hylan remarked: 'Queen, you said a mouthful...
...John F. Hylan sat in the Mayor's chair?Hylan, onetime motorman on the L, which has its terminus across the square from the City Hall; Hylan, dubbed "Red Mike," with his red hair only partly dimmed from sitting several years on a Judge's bench; Hylan, whom all dailies except the Hearst papers made the butt of jokes and the target of civic invective; Hylan, from Brooklyn, who was never a Tammany man although Tammany helped him to the mayoralty twice for a total of eight years; Hylan, who himself declared that he was persecuted by the traction "interests...
...next to the last day of his term Mayor Hylan resigned in order to get a pension of $4,205.99 a year. He however went to his office next day while the President of the Board of Aldermen was technically Mayor. Then Mr. Hylan made his adieux to the City Hall. For 30 days, he said, he would rest and consider, then he would announce what his future would be. At the inauguration of Mayor Walker, speaking by invitation, he said...
...Hall. The crowd was tremendous. As it surged around him he grinned: "Let me in, I want to go to work." Every room in the building was crowded. In one of the largest, crowded with 700 or 800 people, Mayor Walker took the oath a second time, then Mr. Hylan spoke. When he had done, the Mayor spoke, saying: "I, too, Judge Hylan, am very happy today." Then he began to read his prepared address. Before he finished a woman fainted in the crush. He stopped reading and said: "That is the substance of my message today. My address...